# Nastya — Short Fiction character guide

> Nastya in Short Fiction by Leonid Andreyev.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** little Nastya

**First appearance:** 0001-short-fiction

## Who they are

A young girl whose story touches on innocence and loss.

## Relationships

### [Father Vassily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/father_vassily)

_family_

Father Vassily and Nastya are father and daughter, with a tender and caring relationship.

### [Father Vassily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/father_vassily)

_family_

Father Vassily and Nastya are father and daughter, with a tender and caring relationship.

### [Father Vassily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/father_vassily)

_family_

Father Vassily and Nastya are father and daughter, with a tender and caring relationship.

## In the story

### [The Lie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/the-lie)

Impersonates the idiot, embodying the chapter's central theme of lies and false identity.

### [Life of Father Vassily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/life-of-father-vassily)

A parishioner whose actions prompt Father Vassily to confront her about imitating the 'idiot,' highlighting his pastoral challenges.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/i)

The young daughter of Father Vassily and the Popadya, who becomes morose and sullen, playing cruelly with her doll.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/ii)

Skulking in the corner with wolfish eyes, she is present during the Popadya's drunken lament.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/iii)

Little daughter who breaks out in a malignant rash and is not taken to the forest again.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/iv)

Called to play cards; she is slender and tall like her father, with coarse hands.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/v)

Imitates the idiot's gestures before a mirror, causing her mother's fear; later sits brooding and whispers about killing someone.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/vii)

The little girl Father Vassily claims to have killed; her name is used in his confession.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/viii)

Mentioned as one of the children; present at the Popadya's deathbed.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/ix)

Departs to her aunt without emotion, dressed in an old-fashioned dress, resembling an old maid.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/v)

Is confronted by Father Vassily for imitating the idiot, indicating her troubled behavior.

### [The Crushed Flower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/the-crushed-flower)

Subject of Father Vassily's confrontation, linked to imitation and innocence.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/nastya
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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters